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1981 - Richmond 400 Race Results


Race Name - Richmond 400
Date - 2/22/1981
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 217 miles
Pole Speed - 92.821 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 50
Average Race Speed - 76.57 mph
Lead Changes - 4
Total Race Purse - $114,310
Race Number - 3
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 7 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 400 Buick 204 $18,800
2 8 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 400 Oldsmobile 7 $13,400
3 3 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 399 Buick 39 $9,775
4 1 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 399 Pontiac 150 $5,100
5 4 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 399 Ford 0 $7,050
6 2 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 399 Buick 0 $4,770
7 6 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 397 Pontiac 0 $7,550
8 25 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 397 Ford 0 $4,845
9 14 Joe Millikan 75 RahMoc Enterprises 396 Buick 0 $3,450
10 10 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 395 Pontiac 0 $3,240
11 12 Lennie Pond 68 The 5 Racers (Jim Testa) 395 Buick 0 $2,720
12 26 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 392 Oldsmobile 0 $1,100
13 18 Richard Childress 3 Childress Racing (Richard Childress) 391 Pontiac 0 $2,710
14 20 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 390 Pontiac 0 $2,565
15 11 Don Sprouse 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 389 Oldsmobile 0 $950
16 19 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 385 Dodge 0 $2,380
17 27 Tim Richmond 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 382 Buick 0 $2,220
18 23 Tommy Gale 79 Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) 381 Oldsmobile 0 $2,035
19 24 Cecil Gordon 24 Home Craft Homes (Cecil Gordon) 380 Buick 0 $1,690
20 30 Henry Jones 94 Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) 363 Buick 0 $765
21 13 Ronnie Thomas 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 358 Pontiac 0 $1,640
22 16 Dave Marcis 71 Hudson Bowlin Coal (Dave Marcis) 321 Dodge 0 $965
23 5 Bobby Allison 28 JW Hunt Produce (Butch Lindley) 276 Chevrolet 0 $5,415
24 17 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 223 Buick 0 $665
25 22 Glenn Jarrett 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 216 Chevrolet 0 $905
26 9 Terry Labonte 44 Apache Stove (Billy Hagan) 204 Buick 0 $5,085
27 29 Rick Newsom 20 Newsom Racing (Rick Newsom) 169 Chevrolet 0 $615
28 21 Joe Fields 92 Richmond Printing (Joe Fields) 118 Pontiac 0 $590
29 15 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 47 Pontiac 0 $815
30 28 Baxter Price 45 McWhirter Grading (Baxter Price) 16 Buick 0 $500